Environment

King crabs, which aren't native to the region, have conquered the Barents Sea and will continue to expand north- and southwards. The crabs might...

Thousands of unusual egg-like ice balls were discovered on a beach in northern Finland on last week.Covering much of a beach on Hailuoto Island, near...

When scientists in 2004 found that Alaska sea otters were exposed to a sometimes-deadly virus that plagues seals in the North Atlantic, they were...

Last month, 86 community members gathered in Inukjuak to share their concerns about the hydroelectric dam project underway at the edge of town.The Innavik...

The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish, as Russian nickel producer Nornickel closes its...

When was the last time caribou were seen on the road between Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River mine and its port at Milne...

Turbot fisheries in Nunavut waters are now internationally recognized as sustainable.As of Oct. 3, the fish, also known as Greenland halibut, can bear the...

The Trump administration is putting oil leases for 3.98 million acres of federal lands in Arctic Alaska on the auction block next month, part...

Green groups argued before a Norwegian appeals court on Tuesday that the government has violated the constitution by granting oil firms exploration rights in...

Permafrost holds within it more carbon than has ever been produced by humans. And for a long time, that carbon was safely locked in...